What causes oral herpes and how to use medication?

Oral herpes is quite harmful to humans. Most oral herpes are simple herpes, which is caused by viral infection, such as droplet transmission or contact transmission. Oral herpes is also highly contagious, so you should pay attention to diet and medication. For example, you can take acyclovir tablets or acyclovir dispersible tablets, which have good antiviral effects.

1. Contact infection

The disease is transmitted in various ways, mainly through close contact between people. The virus can be transmitted indirectly through hands, towels, handkerchiefs, toothbrush cups, toys, eating utensils, milk containers, bedding, underwear, etc. contaminated by saliva, herpes fluid, feces, etc.

2. Droplet transmission

The virus in the patient's throat secretions and saliva can be transmitted through droplets; if it comes into contact with water contaminated by the virus, it can also be infected through water; cross-infection in outpatient clinics and unqualified disinfection of oral instruments are also one of the causes of transmission.

Secondary herpes zoster

Secondary herpes zoster may occur inside the mouth. This is uncommon, but herpes zoster should be suspected when herpetiform lesions are prominently unilateral in distribution within the oral cavity, without the presence of a primary oral precursor lesion. Applying smectite and lidocaine to the mouth can relieve pain after treatment.

How to care?

1. Diet adjustment

The symptoms of the first-time patients are more serious, so the sick children should be isolated in places where children gather, such as kindergartens. In addition, children's clothes and bedding should be exposed to the sun frequently, and the room should be ventilated frequently to keep the air fresh. Attention should be paid to nutritional supplementation in diet, and irritating food should be avoided. You can also cook porridge with mung beans, bitter gourd, coix seed, rice, etc., and give it to the child after it cools down.

2. Pay attention to oral hygiene

If your baby has oral herpes, parents should not panic but treat the baby as soon as possible. At the same time, they should also pay attention to the child's oral hygiene care to avoid worsening of herpes symptoms.

3. Acyclovir tablets

Indications: 1. Herpes simplex virus infection: used for initial and recurrent cases of genital herpes virus infection. For recurrent cases, this product can be taken orally as a preventive measure. 2. Herpes zoster: used for the treatment of herpes zoster in immunocompromised individuals and mild cases in immunocompromised individuals. 3. Treatment of varicella in immunocompromised individuals.

4. Acyclovir dispersible tablets

Indications: 1. Herpes simplex virus infection: used for initial and recurrent cases of genital herpes virus infection. For recurrent cases, this product can be taken orally as a preventive measure. 2. Herpes zoster: used to treat herpes zoster in immunocompetents and mild cases in immunocompromised patients. 3. Treatment of varicella in immunocompromised individuals.

5. Penciclovir cream

Indications include herpes simplex on the lips or face, and genital herpes.